Wissahickon Middle School - Common Grant Application

This application should be used for both Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation (WEOF) and Home and School Association (H&SA) grants. Upon submission, the grant application is forwarded via email to the school principal, WEOF Grants Coordinator, and H&SA Grants Coordinator. The applicant will also receive a confirmation email.

Successful proposals will meet all or most of the following criteria:

Fosters growth in the intellectual, physical, emotional, social and cultural spheres of the student
Includes a clear, identifiable, relevant purpose which enhances the WSD curriculum through unique and innovative instructional approaches that engage students
Promotes the socialization and self-esteem of students
Support co-curricular/extra-curricular activities
Promotes a positive school community culture
Benefits a great number of students (e.g., team, grade level, department or school) or a population with unique learning needs

Exclusions: clothes and food/snacks

Middle & High School: If approved by the school principal, grants over $600 and/or involving technology will be forwarded to WEOF for funding consideration. Approved grants for $600 or less will be forwarded to the school’s H&SA for funding consideration.

HELPFUL HINT: It is strongly encouraged for district staff have proactive conversations with their building principals or department leaders to ensure feasibility and alignment of the grant request with the school-based and district-based goals and priorities.

For questions about your grant application, please contact Dr. Jennifer Schmidt, WSD Director of Teaching and Learning, jschmidt@wsdweb.org

Project Description: Please provide a brief description of your proposal in 3-5 sentences.

Total Monetary Amount of Grant Request

Explain how the grant funds would be used and how you ensured cost-efficient pricing. Please provide a detailed list of the items for purchase and estimated expense (include tax and shipping information).

What are the anticipated benefits and outcomes for Wissahickon students? What are the quantitative and qualitative measure that you will use to evaluate the attainment of each outcome?

Please explain how this project is designed to benefit the greatest number of students. Be specific as to the number of students that will benefit from this grant.

What staff members will participate in implementing this project?

What is your anticipated timetable for implementing this grant?

Does this grant require additional resources or support services to implement, install, maintain, monitor, etc?

If yes, please provide additional details for the additional resources and/or support services.

Statement of Understanding

I/We understand that if this grant proposal is approved, it is required that I/we provide an evaluation of the success of the Grant to WEOF or the Home & School Association. The evaluation is to include a written description detailing how the grant is working, an analysis of the stated outcomes and their attainment, and high definition photos/videos that showcase the grant. If necessary, contact the district’s Communications Coordinator to assist in the photo/video documentation. Grant recipients should present this evaluation to the WEOF co-presidents or a Home and School officer.

Electronic Signature of Grant Applicant: Please type your full name.

Contact Information

On the next page, you will enter your contact information. If you are a Wissahickon staff member, please enter the address for your school/building of record. If you are a community organization, please enter your business address.